Georges Rousse

GEORGES ROUSSE (Paris, 1947).
"Drewen", ca. 1994.
Photograph.
Measurements: 125 x 165 cm.

Georges Rousse's work is characterized, since the early eighties, by the relationships he establishes between photography, painting, sculpture and architecture. His interest in abandoned, dismantled and ruined places, as well as in what these spaces reveal about the culture that has generated them, can be seen in the photograph shown here, the result of a series of installations he made in Drewen.

It was after the discovery of the works of Land art and Malevich's Black Square on a White Background that Rousse decided to intervene in the photographic field, establishing a relationship between painting and space. Since his first exhibition in Paris, at the Galerie de France in 1981, Georges Rousse has continued to create his installations and show his photographs all over the world, in Europe, in Asia (Japan, Korea, China, Nepal), in the United States, in Quebec and in Latin America. He has participated in numerous biennials (Paris, Venice, Sydney) and received many prestigious awards: 1983: Villa Medicis hors les murs, New York City 1985 -1987: Villa Medicis, Rome 1988: International Center of Photography Award, New York 1989: Drawing Prize Salon de Montrouge 1992: Romain Roland Fellowship, Calcutta 1993: Grand Prix National de Photographie 2008: Succeeded Sol LeWitt as associate member of the Royal Belgian Academy. He is represented by several European galleries and his works are included in many important collections around the world.